Shang Jinfeng's blockade plan was to first capture Jeju Island as a temporary anchorage for the blockade fleet, carry out simple dock construction, and form a blockade fleet with a protective cruiser squadron and a destroyer squadron.

At present, among the four cruiser fleets of the People's Army Navy, the second squadron is the strongest, and the four Qingzhou-class warships are all large protective cruisers of more than 6,000 tons, and they have not been launched for a long time; while the 1st and 3rd fleets each have five warships, and at least two warships have a tonnage of more than 5,000 tons; and only the four Dongchang-class warships of the 4th fleet, although they are all new, are only 3,500 tons, and their combat effectiveness is the weakest.

Shang Jinfeng believes that the 2nd and 4th squadrons will be regrouped and a detachment consisting of two Qingzhou-class warships and two Dongchang-class warships will form a detachment, so that the strength will be more balanced, and the blockade fleet of a new detachment and the blockade fleet of the old detachment will be a group to patrol the blockade line in turn for 20 days, and once a Japanese merchant ship is discovered, it will either be captured or sunk, and the captured merchant ship can temporarily anchor on Jeju Island. And when encountering the Japanese fleet, as long as it does not encounter Japanese armored cruisers, it has the ability to win.

In view of the two remaining Japanese armored cruisers, Shang Jinfeng decided to divide the four armored cruisers of the current People's Army Navy into two groups, with the Chitu and Jinan as one group, and the Jueying and Tianjin as a group, with a large and small match. If it encounters the two Japanese armored cruisers, although the Jinan and Tianjin will be slightly inferior because of their small tonnage, the Chitu and Jueying can level the situation with the advantage of firepower with 8 main guns, or at least they are evenly matched. The battleships remained in Qingdao to support the battle in Liaodong. The warships captured this time should also be repaired as soon as possible in order to strengthen the navy.

The other seven were very satisfied with the blockade plan formulated by Shang Jinfeng, but the occupation of Jeju Island could not be realized for the time being, because the Marines were fighting in Lushun at this time. However, the blockade can still be carried out as usual, after all, a blockade cycle is 20 days, and the plan to capture Jeju Island can be completed within this cycle. Therefore, the wartime command group also immediately decided that Shang Jinfeng would arrange it and immediately implement the blockade plan.

By 2 p.m., the Japanese government had finally reacted by issuing a lengthy statement severely condemning the East China government's involvement in the war.

The statement first explained the reasons for the Japanese Government's initiation of the Russo-Japanese War, saying that Japan's entry into the war was aimed at stopping Russia's brutal expansion in the Far East, maintaining peace in the civilized world and normal order in the Far East, and at the same time helping the Qing court resist Russia's aggression against China's three eastern provinces; and then it criticized the East China Government's participation in the war in very severe terms as fueling Russia's arrogance, helping Russia to expand in the Far East, undermining order in the Far East, and posing the greatest threat to the civilized worldHe also made a strong assessment of the East China Government's sudden entry into the war, accusing the East China Government of not respecting international rules at all, not declaring war, and completely barbaric; and finally saying that although Japan had suffered heavy losses, it would never give in and would fight to the end, and at the same time called on all countries, including the Qing court, to support Japan and list the East China Government as a public enemy of the whole world.

As a matter of fact, Japan received the news of the East China Government's entry into the war at about 8 o'clock yesterday evening, because at this time, warships were fleeing the battlefield one after another, and radio could finally be used outside the range of the KPA's electronic interference.

Of course, at this time, the Navy Military Command Department knew about it, and when it learned that the fleet of the East China Government was participating in the war, it wanted to hide it at first, but then it received more and more information, and it learned that Japan had lost all its battleships and only two armored cruisers in this war, and after the First Sino-Japanese War, the "66 Fleet" that the Japanese Navy had worked hard to build for nearly 10 years was almost completely wiped out. The Navy's Command Department was also shocked, and the Navy could no longer bear such a major matter, so the Minister of the Navy, Ito Youheng, and the Navy's Commander, Yamamoto Gonbei, had no choice but to jointly report the results of the naval battle to the cabinet.

After hearing the results of the naval battle, Prime Minister Katsura Taro could not help but be shocked, and he never expected that the East China government would first enter the war from the sea, and he also knew better what the consequences of losing sea supremacy would be for Japan. Moreover, even Katsura Taro was unable to solve such a major matter, so he immediately sent people to invite Aritomo Yamagumi, Hirobumi Ito, Chief of the Army General Staff Masaki Terauchi and other personnel to discuss countermeasures.

By the time all the personnel arrived, it was already more than 11 o'clock at night, and at this time, news continued to reach the Military Command Department, and most of the previous news had been confirmed, at least two armored cruisers were left in the "66th Fleet", and the other warships also suffered heavy losses.

In fact, by this time, no one had any good way, after all, the battle had already taken place, and no one could bring the sunken warships back to life, although some people suggested that Britain should help them; first, Japan still had two battleships built in Britain and had already been launched for sea trials, so if they could be handed over to Japan as soon as possible, they would be able to save the emergency; second, they hoped that Britain would put pressure on the East China Government to stop the war and that Britain would send troops.

However, Gonbei Yamamoto said that it is unrealistic to expect the two battleships built in Britain to come to the rescue, because the construction of warships has its inevitable procedures, and it is impossible to grab them, and even if these two warships are delivered now, they still have to run in and train, and they will not be able to form combat effectiveness in a few months, so they cannot be counted on these two warships for a considerable period of time.

Then there is only one way left, to ask Britain for help. First of all, Britain will definitely not be able to suppress the East China Government, because before that, Britain has repeatedly put pressure on the East China Government and asked the East China Government not to enter the war. As for getting Britain into the war, it was even more impossible, and if Britain had any intention of entering the war, it would not have supported Japan and Russia to confront each other. But there is no other way, whether it works or not, you have to try it first.

But at this moment, news came from Liaodong again, it turned out that the Liaohe and Lushun fronts were attacked by the People's Army, and the more than 10 people present listened to it, and their faces were pale, and they couldn't imagine that the East China government would not make a move, and as soon as it struck, it would be a sea and land move, and it seemed that this time it was a far-sighted action, so everyone simply waited to see what the result of the land war would be.

As a result, everyone waited until 5 o'clock in the morning, the land war came to an end, and the People's Army captured Liaozhong on the Western Front, broke through the Japanese defense line on the Liaohe River, and successfully landed on the Southern Front, gaining a foothold in the Lushun area.

By this time, everyone understood that Japan had now fallen into a critical moment, and that the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in Liaodong were in danger of being wiped out, and even Aritomo and Ito Hirobumi in Yamaguchi were a little uncomposed, and that such a major incident had happened, and it was impossible not to report it to the emperor, and now that it was almost dawn, Prime Minister Katsura Taro decided to report to the emperor first, and then come to negotiate countermeasures.

After listening to Katsura Taro's report, Emperor Nachi Meiji fainted on the spot and did not wake up. It turns out that since the start of the war between Japan and Russia, the Meiji Emperor has been under tremendous pressure, although after the war, Japan has won successive battles on both land and sea fronts, but the Meiji Emperor is very clear that Japan is actually a strong foreign force, once there is a failure, it will inevitably be a catastrophe, especially when the war just started, the Meiji Emperor almost every day insomnia, sometimes although he is not forced to fall asleep, but also nine times out of ten will wake up with nightmares. At this time, Emperor Meiji was already over half a hundred years old, and he was frail and sickly when he was a teenager, and now he is suffering from diabetes, so his health is also significantly weakened.

However, as Japan continued to win militarily, because it conquered Lushun and completely annihilated the Russian Pacific Fleet, and achieved a great strategic initiative, Emperor Meiji's mood was much better, but at this time the East China government and Japan began to fight each other, so Emperor Meiji began to be upset again, and the Japanese Combined Fleet planned to intercept the Russian fleet in the Tsushima Strait in the past few days, and this battle was related to the overall situation, and Emperor Meiji was insomnia for several days.

By 6 p.m. yesterday, Emperor Meiji had received the final report of the Battle of Tsushima that the Combined Fleet had achieved major results and had sunk seven Russian ships, and that his mood had changed greatly, so he had fallen asleep early last night.

Under the repeated joy and sorrow, Emperor Meiji finally couldn't bear the reversal of emotions, and fainted on the spot, frightening Katsura Taro and others to panic, and hurriedly asked doctors to enter the palace to treat the emperor, and blocked the news, on the other hand, he also had to pay attention to the news of the Liaodong and East China governments.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Meiji Emperor finally woke up, and there was no major problem, but he needed to recuperate, and Japan also received the news that the East China government had officially announced its participation in the war, and the Meiji Emperor summoned Katsura Taro, Yama Prefecture Aritomo, and Ito Hirobumi on the sickbed, saying that he was too sick to be a director, and ordered the three to be responsible for negotiating countermeasures.

In fact, the Meiji Emperor mainly played the role of a spiritual leader in Japan, and did not interfere in the country's government affairs, and the general major decisions were also negotiated by the cabinet, and then entered the palace to ask the emperor for approval.

At the same time, Emperor Meiji also sent three emperors: Now that the country is in difficult and dangerous situations, I hope that all the monarchs will cooperate sincerely to help the imperial country. And all three of them hurriedly bowed their heads and thanked them, and then took their leave of the palace.